snowyday Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 The officer in charge of a party of Royal Engineers constructing a road through a swamp section ordered a 2nd Lieutenant to take fifteen men and get on with the job. Presently the subaltern came to see the colonel. “Sir,†he reported, “the mud is over the men’s heads. We just can’t get through.†“Nonsense†roared the C.O. “Make out a chit for anything you need and I’ll see that you get it.†A few minutes later the 2nd Lieutenant laid this memorandum on the C.O.’s desk: “Need 15 men 18 feet tall to cross swamp 15 feet deep.†* * * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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